Money & work

Delmonico's was a hugely-popular restaurant during the Victorian era, which expanded into ten different locations over the years. Not only was the eatery hugely popular, it was known for inventing fabulous dish... Read more...

Aeronautics: A question about its future
What is to become of aeronautics after the war? This problem is discussed in "Le Petit Journal" of Paris by Jacques Mortane.
Considering the enormous progress avia... Read more...

Back to buying
Without strong retail sales, economic recovery is impossible. But are consumers confident enough of the future to start spending again?
"Consumers today have a much more positive view toward ... Read more...

We have about thirty years to decide if man can stay on earth.
Experts figure that by the year 2000 there will be three hundred million Americans. That's about one hundred million more of us than there are tod... Read more...

The B-1 Bomber
The principal launch pad for the airborne cruise may be the new swing-wing B-1 bomber. Designed as a successor to the 25-year-old B-52, the B-1 could be armed with 24 cruise missiles.
At 150 ... Read more...

Answer to a Pressing Question About Stereo
Listen to a stereophonic record, and the music swirls around you. This remarkable realism comes from the record grooves -- where the needle or stylus moves both later... Read more...

The sensational feats of motion-picture stars
Are they genuine or faked? A frank discussion of a question that has been asked by thousands of people in the audiences before the screen
by Dorothea B Herz... Read more...

Baseball is liberal to its hired men
Babe's Pin Money
Babe Ruth gets a salary of $20,000 from the New York Yankees for his prowess as a home-run hitter. He is worth more.
But the salary which the Yanke... Read more...

Our first TV star
In case you forgot, it was Felix the Cat
The image is blurry and flawed but identifiable: Felix the Cat, hero of a thousand comic strips and a hundred animated cartoons, America's first au... Read more...

Here's a look inside Francois de Paris, a hairdresser/beauty parlor on Eighth Street in New York, New York. They show the patrons getting perms, dye jobs, manicures, under hair dryers, and the front desk staff ... Read more...

One of the benefits of having a prominent photographer for a father? Your childhood is well-documented.
Here are five photos of Aileen Havlin Harris, who was born on October 7, 1915 in Washington DC. Her fat... Read more...

We helped make Joe Torre famous for football.
You probably know Joe as a baseball star from New York. But he also owns a sporting goods store in Brooklyn. Which is why he advertises in the Yellow Pages. Althou... Read more...

Building a motor car: The chassis is now complete
The completed engine is being swung down upon the frame, which has been picking up parts as it moved along. The engine will be fastened securely, and then the ... Read more...

Rough riders
Royce builds CB's that ride the roughest roads. Because one loose connection and your CB is 10-7--out of service.
Building CB's that can hold up under the shock of road bumps and wide temperat... Read more...

Greater Philadelphia... a great place to raise your family
Greater Philadelphia has everything a family needs for a happy, healthy, well-rounded life.
Evidence of this is the great number of owner-occupie... Read more...

Should a girl who works accept the attentions of her employer?
by Idah M'Glone Gibson
Dear Mrs Gibson:
I have smiled and raged alternately at the letters from the girls who have run up against such... Read more...

Radioactivity. It's been in the family for generations.
In fact, scientists can tell us just how our remote ancestors are by measuring the radioactivity still in the bones of prehistoric cave dwellers. R... Read more...

The telephone is a reliable index to the market for all commodities
There is a growing realization that advertising is a definite force employed to do a definite work. To find out where it does its best work... Read more...

GEORGE MEREDITH: Woman will be the last thing civilized by man.
WILSON MIZNER: I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the one that begins, "Have you read..."
WILLIAM ... Read more...

Arizona is 602 country
The area code for the whole state of Arizona is 602. If you use the area code when you call Long Distance, your call goes through faster and easier. And when you use the area code, you c... Read more...

Business builders...
New prestige-styled '58 Dodge Power Giants... 4-way leaders of the low-priced 3!
That's a lot to expect -- one truck that leads all four ways. But your new, budget-priced Dodge Power Gi... Read more...

Old New York: A perspective from 1898
The story of New York's growth from a frontier settlement to the metropolis of the western world -- Pictures of the city and its life in Colonial times, and in the early d... Read more...

Popular keywords

Vintage fashion

Affiliate disclosure: Click Americana participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products or services offered by Amazon. Find out more here.